What’s old was new this morning in Regina.
Hugh Charles is back. #riders #cfl pic.twitter.com/q9d8eWGBCn
— The Green Zone (@HomeOfTheFans) June 25, 2014
That’s Hugh Charles, who was added to the Saskatchewan Roughriders practice roster this morning, taking part in … Continue reading →

B.C. Lions' quarterback Buck Pierce, centre, gets away from Edmonton Eskimos' Rennie Curran, left, and Justin Capicciotti, right, and completes a pass to Andrew Harris for a touchdown during the first half of a CFL football game in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday October 25, 2013.
Photograph by: Darryl Dyck, The Canadian Press

As Buck Pierce came into Friday’s game for his kind-of-new, kind-of-old team, those who had been championing his cause over the past few weeks were about to embark on a smug, rewarding night.
You’ve seen it by now, how Pierce … Continue reading →

Kavis Reed stood on the deck outside of his team’s locker-room on Tuesday afternoon and peered out onto the empty football field in front of him.
When your team is 2-9 and tied for the worst record in the CFL, … Continue reading →

Edmonton Eskimos general manager Ed Hervey talks to the media about his dissatisfaction with the play of his team this season during a new conference at Commonwealth Stadium on September 3, 2013 in Edmonton.
Photograph by: Greg Southam, Edmonton Journal

Leading into Monday’s Labour Day Classic, Kavis Reed had said his team needed a crescendo in its season.
On Tuesday, a day after the Eskimos’ 37-34 loss to the Stampeders, Reed got it, for better or worse.
If you haven’t … Continue reading →

I had a terrible sleep last night. Awful. I tried to re-watch the Eskimos’ game, only to find that my PVR — man’s supposed best friend — had betrayed me and decided to un-schedule the scheduled recording I set up … Continue reading →

Edmonton Eskimos' head coach Kavis Reed, left, shouts at quarterback Mike Reilly after he came off the field after failing to gain the first down against the B.C. Lions during the second half of a CFL football game in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday July 20, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Edmonton Eskimos quarterback Mike Reilly hands off to running back Hugh Charles s they face the Montreal Alouettes during first quarter CFL football action Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Montreal.
Photograph by: Paul Chiasson, The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER — It’s a time where opposing offences surge and defences disappear. A strange dimension of football that allows quarterback sacks and has otherwise stellar cornerbacks hurdled over in its wake.
Four games into their season, the third quarter is … Continue reading →

When you’re growing up, everyone has that one friend who excels at pushing people’s buttons. That friend always has the process down to an art. The button pusher’s work isn’t a simple, singular effort. No, the button pusher picks his … Continue reading →

Kavis Reed was fuming, borderline hyperventilating and vibrating with rage following the Eskimos 17-3 loss to the B.C. Lions on Saturday night.
Even by his standards, and Reed is a passionate man who wears his emotions on his sleeve, this … Continue reading →